Rails Conference starts

I attended Design for Developers – a Hands-On Workshop by Bryan Hogan. The most interesting thing I learnt was the use of Adobe Kuler in deciding colors.

Met a lot of interesting people at lunch, including Doug Hall and Jason Cavines. Doug is from Alabama.

Jason has lived in Portland for a while, so we used the lunch time to explore the Llyod mall.

Developer Testing Tricks session was too advanced for me. So I sneaked into Powering Air Applications With Rails session.

Later in the evening, met Vishal Sharma after a gap of 10 years. I and Vishal went to same school in India till 1997.

Met a lot of people from versatile backgrounds. Patrick Moss, who is a scientist in Alder Biopharmaceuticals. Anita Kuno, who traveled all the way from Toronto to attend conference. Shabbir Merchant, who did his MS in US, and now runs a company from Pune, India.

By dinner time we were quite a versatile group, from very different walks of life. We dined Rock Bottom Brewery, and headed out for Birds-of-the-same-feather sessions.

May 29, 2008 No Comments
Reached portland
So here we are. Just arrived in Portland. Its little chilly and its green all around. The transportation system is excellent. For $2.05, I boarded the Max light rail and it dropped me right in front of my hotel.
So far, I like the city; especially the view of downtown and Columbia river from my room’s balcony on the 13th floor of the hotel.
May 28, 2008 No Comments




